Neocon Fossil Bob Bennett (Squish-UT) Ditched

[MaggieMae]

Not to deride leftist conventional wisdom too much here but...

this is the first step to strengthening the GOP as a clear choice FROM the DNC and their hardcore socialist leadership core. You cannot survive as a majority party unless you lead, clearly and in a different way from the other. For why trust the uncertain party that is capitulating it's values to try and gain 'market share' when the clear vision is more likely to get what they want because they are leading and on the offensive.

Of course this is also the explanation for WHY the left is trying to push this propaganda, for success is their power's death knell.

You cannot survive as a majority party as long as the opposition are solid obstructionists because it gives the appearance of failure. Here's what David Brooks said on Meet the Press this morning, and I agree with him completely:

MR. GREGORY: David Brooks, a reliable conservative for 18 years, yet he [Bob Bennett] proposed an alternative on health care and he voted for the bank bailout.

MR. BROOKS: Right. It is a damn outrage, to be honest. I mean, this is a guy who was a very good senator, and he was a good senator for--and a good conservative, but a good conservative who was trying to get things done. The Wyden-Bennett Bill, which he co-sponsored, if you took the healthcare economists in the country, they would probably be for that bill ideally. It was a substantive, serious bill, a bipartisan bill, but with strong conservative and some liberal support. So he did something sort of brave by working with Democrats, which more senators should do, and now they've been sent a big message, "Don't do that."

The second thing is the TARP. Nobody liked the TARP, but we were in a complete economic meltdown and sometimes you have to do terrible things. And we're in a much better economic place because of the TARP. So he bravely cast a vote that nobody wanted to really cast, and now he's losing his career over that. And it's just a damn outrage.

David Brooks...

Mainstream Republicans listen to him more than they do Limbaugh and the rest of the right-wing noise machine extremists. Climb out of your box occasionally and you'd know that.

 

[Oddball]

"Mainstream" is now getting published in the uber-leftist New York Times as their token "republican" and playing patty-cake with uber-leftist David Gregory on the uber-leftist NBC?!?!?

The hilarity here today is virtually nonstop!

 

[MaggieMae]

While it may be true they keep those things as they bolt. Their bolting is not a shield to absolve them from the damge they've done. They don't deserve a lick of it IMHO.

Bull. Several Democrats have resigned simply because they're sick of Republican lies, and see no chance of the GOP ever returning to its roots.

Even though they have total power for intents? As they rammed healthcare down our throats knowing the people didn't want it?
No, they KNOW what's coming. The people's scorn in November. And they're running like scalded DOGS.

You are fantasically delusional.

The polls showed that "people" were basically split over the health care bill as passed. However, until the extremists started making the bigger headlines with their bitching and moaning, health care reform was listed as the #2 priority by ALL THE POLLS.

 

[amrchaos]

Its supposed to be a bad year for incumbents. Its about time we got rid of the whores and put in someone who can run the country like its supposed to be run.

Such as....?

Anyone who is in favor of Cutting outrageous Spending.

Anyone who is in favor of reducing the size of Gov.

And of course anyone who isn't a Neo-Con.

Translation--The Paul's are a shoe in!!

 

[amrchaos]

Was Bob Bennett a neo-con?

I tend to have a list of the neo-cons and their supporters on a disk somewhere, I doubt Bennetts name is on it. I guess I have to check.


By the way, Dick Cheney and George W Bush are a neocons. Why don't the right yell at them whenever one of them open their mouth? It is because the right is RINO hunting, not NEO-CON hunting!

I really hope that Bennet was a Neo-con. It would be a shame if he was not.

 

[The T]

Bull. Several Democrats have resigned simply because they're sick of Republican lies, and see no chance of the GOP ever returning to its roots.

Even though they have total power for intents? As they rammed healthcare down our throats knowing the people didn't want it?
No, they KNOW what's coming. The people's scorn in November. And they're running like scalded DOGS.

You are fantasically delusional.

The polls showed that "people" were basically split over the health care bill as passed. However, until the extremists started making the bigger headlines with their bitching and moaning, health care reform was listed as the #2 priority by ALL THE POLLS.

That's hy several States have joined in lawsuits to repeal it? Why present polling against it grows? Of course the Economy/Jobs were #1...and guess what? Healthcare takes over 1/7th of the Economy by unConstitutional Mandate.

Sorry. I thought you were smarter than this. The people's voices will soon drown YOURS and those like you out at the Polls come November. *BET on it*

 

[JakeStarkey]

"Mainstream" is now getting published in the uber-leftist New York Times as their token "republican" and playing patty-cake with uber-leftist David Gregory on the uber-leftist NBC?!?!?

The hilarity here today is virtually nonstop!

Your stupidity just keeps on growing.

 

[Oddball]

You're no more a republican than am I.

Just give up the façade...Nobody -and I mean nobody- is buying it.

 

[rdean]

hannity is a tool. only supports neocons and other big government lovers. I am completely perplexed how he became a voice of conservatism

He has his moments, but he has prevaricated too much in recent years to carry water for the GOP and talk about stupid side topics. It's part of why I don't really listen much any more and have gone to listening more to Glenn Beck, Jason Lewis and Chris Baker. Why? They don't play the parties, they point out right and wrong, good and evil, and speak out against elitism and all theats to liberty regardless of party.

Huh, I guess this is very illustrative of what is happening on the party level. Even talk show hosts that begin to moderate, or sell out their ideals will soon be left behind for those who don't. I've no desire to waste attention on party hacks. I even listen occasionally to Tom Hartmann to realize how totally screwed up the other side is.

I stopped listening to Hannity awhile ago. I listen to Boortz, Beck, Limbaugh, Levin, And Ingraham.

That explains it.

 

[amrchaos]

You're no more a republican than am I.

Just give up the façade...Nobody -and I mean nobody- is buying it.

I doubt that the "Republican" label is viable in the age after Bush II.

You are either a Conservative, a Libertarian or some type of Right Wing independent too embarassed to describe yourself.

 

[The T]

He has his moments, but he has prevaricated too much in recent years to carry water for the GOP and talk about stupid side topics. It's part of why I don't really listen much any more and have gone to listening more to Glenn Beck, Jason Lewis and Chris Baker. Why? They don't play the parties, they point out right and wrong, good and evil, and speak out against elitism and all theats to liberty regardless of party.

Huh, I guess this is very illustrative of what is happening on the party level. Even talk show hosts that begin to moderate, or sell out their ideals will soon be left behind for those who don't. I've no desire to waste attention on party hacks. I even listen occasionally to Tom Hartmann to realize how totally screwed up the other side is.

I stopped listening to Hannity awhile ago. I listen to Boortz, Beck, Limbaugh, Levin, And Ingraham.

That explains it.

Explains what? That they say what *I* think? And they aren't the only ones. They are just the front of the class. And there's more than Radio too...

 

[Bfgrn]

I stopped listening to Hannity awhile ago. I listen to Boortz, Beck, Limbaugh, Levin, And Ingraham.

That explains it.

Explains what? That they say what *I* think? And they aren't the only ones. They are just the front of the class. And there's more than Radio too...

Explains that you *can't* think for yourself. Instead you fill your little pea with hate, paranoia, liberal bashing and blame the victim propaganda.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Bull. Several Democrats have resigned simply because they're sick of Republican lies, and see no chance of the GOP ever returning to its roots.

Even though they have total power for intents? As they rammed healthcare down our throats knowing the people didn't want it?
No, they KNOW what's coming. The people's scorn in November. And they're running like scalded DOGS.

You are fantasically delusional.

The polls showed that "people" were basically split over the health care bill as passed. However, until the extremists started making the bigger headlines with their bitching and moaning, health care reform was listed as the #2 priority by ALL THE POLLS.

Don't blur the line between this disastrous law and healthcare reform. The 2 are unrelated.
When asked about this bill, polled people were 52% opposed and 54% favored repealing it.
Health Care Law - Rasmussen Reports

 

[rightwinger]

Sen. Bob Bennett ousted at Utah GOP convention - USATODAY.com

Today the Tea Party strengthened its hold on the Republican Party by ousting Utah's Senator Bob Bennett from the primary. That the Tea Party would consider Bob Bennett – one of the most conservative members of the U.S. Senate – too liberal, just goes to show how extreme the Tea Party is. This is just the latest battle in the corrosive Republican intra-party civil war that has resulted in the Tea Party devouring two Republicans in just as many weeks. If there was any question before, there should now be no doubt that the Republican leadership has handed the reins to the Tea Party."

 

[Kex]

And there I was, thinking, that teabaggers would not start fights with their own when they ought to defeat Democratic Majority. Well, I guess he's not evangelical enough for teabaggers. Mormon from Utah, how weird.

 

[rightwinger]

Should make for an interesting November..

It will be interesting to see if the GOP knows who their daddy is

 

[GilbertArizona]

I've been following the story, it has been very interesting. I see it as the Tea Party conservatives leading the Republicans in giving up the middle ground. Which is good in that it should allow the Democrats an opening to move towards the center and be less liberal.

 

[rightwinger]

I've been following the story, it has been very interesting. I see it as the Tea Party conservatives leading the Republicans in giving up the middle ground. Which is good in that it should allow the Democrats an opening to move towards the center and be less liberal.

Like I said...it will make for an interesting November.

At what point does the GOP tell the Tea Party to go fuck themselves? They have a Tiger by the tail and are afraid to let go

 

[Kex]

I've been following the story, it has been very interesting. I see it as the Tea Party conservatives leading the Republicans in giving up the middle ground. Which is good in that it should allow the Democrats an opening to move towards the center and be less liberal.

No, you see, we're already at the center and about to dip right. What that kind of crap does is moving Dems even more right because of the GOP going all out fringe, when they are supposed to just hold the ground they used to and see congress becoming theirs again, they are trying to not let it happen!

 

[amrchaos]

Actually, it allows for a moderate party to form due to the epic collapse of the Republican party.

The Democrats will always be a pluristic party, but its very size is a detriment for other ideology to gain a permanent grip on its leadership.

No--Let the Tea baggers trigger the Right Wing revolution. I warned our right wing friends on this board, the tea bag movement lack a core message!

Wait--wait--they do have a message! It is "Die, Republican Party! DIE"
and more fierce than a leftist could ever say it!!